Meaning

1 senses
  1. To win a game having lost a service game, or during a tiebreak, to win a point against the serve having lost a point while serving.

Examples

12 sentences
  1. Tom tried to put the broken pieces back together.

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  2. Tom glued the broken vase back together.

    deTom hat die kaputte Vase wieder zusammengeklebt.

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  3. I tried to glue that broken vase back together.

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  4. I break the back of the work.

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  5. This work is enough to break my back.

    ruОт этой работы можно надорваться.

    deDiese Arbeitsbelastung ist zu schwer für mich.

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Forms

breaks back, breaking back, broke back, broken back
Base formbreak back · to break back
3rd person singularbreaks back
Present participlebreaking back
Past simplebroke back
Past participlebroken back

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybreak back
he, she, itbreaks back

Past simpleLesson

all personsbroke back

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave broken back
he, she, ithas broken back

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill break back

Phrasal verbs

12 phrasal verbs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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